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It's time to jump in the Hot Tub Time Machine and go back exactly one year for a little spring training perspective. The Orioles were in camp by now, and the narrative about their offseason and prospects for a playoff run — minus the Dan Duquette fiasco — was surprisingly similar to that which surrounds the organization as it prepares to welcome pitchers and catchers to the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla., on Thursday. It is, for lack of a less belabored Yogi Berra-ism, deja vu all over again. If you scan the various analytics sites on the Web, you'll find the team that reached the 2014 American League Championship Series getting the same tepid...

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It's time to jump in the Hot Tub Time Machine and go back exactly one year for a little spring training perspective.
The Orioles were in camp by now, and the narrative about their offseason and prospects for a playoff run — minus the Dan Duquette...

The pain of losing the likes of Ryan Dempster, Matt Garza and Scott Feldman is subsiding quickly.
That’s the feeling of pitching coach Chris Bosio, who understands the process the Cubs have experienced the past three seasons and how he saw it start to...

WASHINGTON — Jake Arrieta pitched admirably Sunday as he moved to the forefront of the Cubs’ staff in the wake of the departures of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel.
But like Samardjiza and Hammel, he knows the Cubs’ offensive support often...

WASHINGTON -- On the same night top prospects Javier Baez and Kris Bryant each hit home runs for Triple-A Iowa, the Chicago Cubs loaded up on more prospects.
That came at a cost of top pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel, leaving a Cubs team that...

Give Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy some kudos for knowing his franchise history.
With his solo homer in the second inning Friday, Hardy became the third Orioles shortstop to record three consecutive 20-homer seasons. And when told of the accomplishment,...

Dale Sveum is out after two seasons as Chicago Cubs manager and the team will seek "a proven leader," president Theo Epstein said Monday.
“Today, we made the very difficult decision to relieve Dale Sveum of his duties as Cubs manager,"...

Fate has not been friendly to the Orioles so far this offseason, but frustration might have reached its peak on Friday, when the team cut ties with a player who would have been its prize acquisition of the hot-stove season, further compounding the...

Jim Johnson is not in an Orioles uniform anymore because, as executive vice president Dan Duquette explains it, the club needed to better allocate its financial resources throughout the 25-man roster.
In other words, paying roughly one-tenth of the...

While the Orioles' trade of closer Jim Johnson late Monday night immediately offered more questions than answers about the club's direction this offseason, executive vice president Dan Duquette insisted Tuesday that the deal can't truly be evaluated for...

Officially, the Cubs designated Carlos Marmol for assignment. That’s baseball’s scenic route that eventually will land the shredded Marmol on the street.
The move appeared inevitable and is better for everyone, especially Cubs manager Dale Sveum....

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Orioles and Rangers announced their rosters for tonight’s one-game American League wild-card playoff at Rangers Ballpark.Not a lot of surprises. Orioles manager Buck Showalter will have 10 relievers to pick from tonight in relief...